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n.
A spasmodic twitching
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.
A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n.
The act of twitching or of causing to twitch.
n.
A twitching or convulsive motion of a muscular fiber. Compare subsultus.
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n.
a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
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"At first vellication is painful but the skin becomes used to it."
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muscle spasm
cramp
spasm
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blepharism
fibrillation
tic
fasciculation